What Kind of Watch Dog is the American Media?

Apparently, the kind that prefers criminals who are quiet enough not to disturb its slumber. Being thrown the occasional reward for good behavior (i.e. ignoring bad behavior) is appreciated too.

Glenn Greenwald explains our media’s love affair with being kept in the dark:

the paradoxical mind and function of the standard establishment journalist: they proudly venerate and defend extreme government secrecy at the same time they parade around as Adversarial Watchdogs and Light-Shiners on the political class.